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1. A product evaluation information delivering system comprising: retail store location information database storing longitude(s) and latitude(s) of retail stores; an evaluation information database storing evaluation information of products in conjunction with product codes; and a computer capable of accessing said retail store location information database and said evaluation information database; wherein said computer comprises an evaluation information storing unit storing in said evaluation information database evaluation information inputted by from a user terminal, a receiving unit receiving from a user terminal a product code of a product and longitude(s) and latitude(s) of the user terminal obtained from GPS information of the user terminal, a retail store location searching unit searching in said retail store location information database for retail stores located at a predetermined distance from the location of the user terminal using the received longitude(s) and latitude(s) obtained from GPS information of the user terminal, an inventory information obtaining unit obtaining inventory information of the product corresponding to the received product code in the searched retail stores, an evaluation information obtaining unit obtaining from said evaluation information database evaluation information of the product corresponding to the received product code, a sending unit sending to the user terminal the longitude(s) and latitude(s) of the searched retail stores, the obtained inventory information of the product and the obtained evaluation information of the product; and wherein said system further comprises an evaluator information database storing information of evaluators providing evaluation information of products, wherein said computer further comprises a point storing unit storing in said evaluator information database points given to the evaluators for providing evaluation information of products, the points given comprising higher affiliate points given for purchase of a related product related to a targeted product than affiliate points given for purchase of the targeted product.
2. The product evaluation information delivering system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said computer further comprises a related product information storing unit storing in said evaluation information database evaluation information and product codes of products related to the targeted product, a related product information searching unit searching in said evaluation information database for evaluation information of products related to the targeted product, and a related product information sending unit sending to the user terminal the inventory information of the searched related product.
3. A method for delivering product evaluation information using a system comprising a retail store location information database storing longitude(s) and latitude(s) of retail stores; an evaluation information database storing evaluation information of products in conjunction with product codes; and a computer capable of accessing said retail store location information database and said evaluation information database, said method comprising: storing in said evaluation information database evaluation information inputted from a user terminal, receiving from a user terminal a product code of a product and longitude(s) and latitude(s) of the user terminal, searching, via said computer, in said retail store location information database for retail stores located at a predetermined distance from the location of the user terminal using the received longitude(s) and latitude(s) obtained from GPS information of the user terminal, obtaining, via said computer, inventory information of the product corresponding to the received product code in the searched retail stores, obtaining, via said computer, from said evaluation information database evaluation information of the product corresponding to the received product code, sending to the user terminal the longitude(s) and latitude(s) of the searched retail stores, the obtained inventory information of the product and the obtained evaluation information of the product, wherein said system comprises an evaluator information database storing information of evaluators providing evaluation information of products; and storing, via said computer, in said evaluator information database points given to the evaluators for providing evaluation information of products, the points given comprising higher affiliate points given for purchase of a related product related to a targeted product than affiliate points given for purchase of the targeted product.
4. The method as set forth in claim 3 , further comprising: storing in said evaluation information database evaluation information and product codes of products related to the targeted product, searching in said evaluation information database for evaluation information of products related to the targeted product, and sending to the user terminal the inventory information of the searched related product.
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February 11, 2014
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